Alex Livingston Farrier

25/07/2025

Notice to all customers.

As of the 1st of August all prices will be:
£30-trim
£35-single trim
£60- pair of front shoes trim hinds
£90- full set of shoes
Remedial works will be price on request.

Can everyone that hasn’t already done so please make sure they have settled all invoices immediately. Any invoices that haven’t been paid will result in the next appointment being cancelled. I understand that everything is tight at the moment but we all have bills to pay and I am running a business.

Moving forward, payments will be requested on the day via cash, bacs or cheques before i leave the yard

Thank you, Alex

08/10/2024

Polite notice to all of my customers.

Unfortunately due to the never ending cost increases of insurance, materials and tools as of the 1st of November I’m having to raise all of my prices by £5.

Can I also please remind everyone that the preferred way of booking in is ether on the day or via phone call, as I do miss text and Facebook messages.

Many thanks Alex

12/12/2021

Unfortunately I’m now fully booked until the new year. Can anyone wishing to make an appointment for January please get in touch.

Can everyone please be aware that from the first of January I will no longer be accepting bank transfers. Moving forward I’ll only be accepting cash or cheques. Im incredibly sorry to anyone that this causes an inconvenience too. A few people have ruined it for everyone.

On another note can anyone that has an outstanding invoice please make sure you have paid before Friday this week.

Many thanks Alex

24/03/2020

A massive thank you to all of my customers for your support through these difficult times.

With the current outbreak of COVOID-19 I am following stringent bio-security measures, to include:
-all of my tools, equipment, van and myself to be disinfected after each horse.
-I will not be coming with the recommended 2m of any person.
-any customer showing signs of COVOID-19 will be postponed for the 14 day isolation period.
-any customer that is or has relatives that are high risk please please phone me before I come so we can make alternative arrangements.

I will be doing everything I can to help prevent the spread of the virus, and taking the upmost care while at work. The care of all of my customers and their horses are my priority at this time.

Please do not hesitate to call me on 07844397705 to discus your next appointment and our options going forward.

Many thanks Alex.

19/02/2020

Lovely afternoon at Gorswen, giving a presentation to the pony club on farrier tools and all of the diffident uses for shoes and how they can help a horses movement, injuries and rehabilitation.
Best of luck to the girls competing forthcoming NFU quiz.

Another interesting and informative talk from Alex Livingston a farrier from Caernarfon. Alex shared his knowledge with us about remedial shoeing and helped us recognise the tools that the farrier uses on a daily basis. We all learned a lot and hopefully he will be back on a warmer day to discuss dynamic conformation and how to remedy faults.

18/02/2020

I have been shoeing this lovely Spanish horse for a while now. When I first took him on he had a really bad while line infection around the inside of both hind feet. This made fitting and keeping shoes on him nearly impossible as the hoof wall would crumble away.
To combat this I removed all of the infected horn, I then made a toe clipped hind shoe with a super safe inside and also positioned the nail holes in good solid wall. All of this helped to stop the spread of further infection. Folding the edge of the shoe the way I did was to minimise the risk of pulling shoes. Going for a toe clip meant the clip was in strong good wall and didn’t put any excess pressure on already week wall.
A year on and there’s no sign of any infection and the hoof is now solid..

21/01/2020

Lateral extension shoes that I hand made out of aluminium.
These shoes are to help support his hocks and help his movement.
On dynamic assessment he was twisting both hind legs on takeoff and used to really struggle to bring his back end underneath him.
Having applied these shoes for around 6 months now, alongside the owner focusing on strength building exercises, his impulsion, strength and flexibility has improved immensely.
We have seen a massive difference in the way he is moving, his development of muscle tone and the ease in which he can now preform more technical manoeuvres.
Happy horse= happy owner= happy farrier 😁🐴

05/01/2020

Will be sorting out my diary for January, if I’ve not got back to anyone or anyone needs booking in, please get in touch.

17/05/2019

New price list as of the end of may:

~ Full set - £70
~ Pair of fronts with hind trim - £45
~ Multiple trims - £25 each
~ Single trim - £30
~ Stud holes - £1.25 each
~ Road pins - £1.25 each
~ Pair of bar shoes - £70
~ Equipack / filler - £25 per foot
~ Pads - £20 a pair
~ Handmade custom shoes - price on request

Minimum call out fee is £30

Monthly or weekly payment plans are available. Please inquire for more details.

27/01/2019

I am now back in sunny old Wales 🥶 ❄️☃️💨and back at work again.
I’d like to say a massive thank you to Adam Howel for looking after all of my customers while I’ve been away.
If I haven’t booked you in or haven’t been in touch please feel free to message or call and I’ll sort your next appointment out. Many thanks